Poll: Far-right party now biggest in Sweden

For the first time, the far-right Sweden Democrats are the biggest party in Sweden. According to a Yougov poll commisioned by Metro, the extremists would receive 25.2% of the vote if there was an election today, ahead of the governing centre-left Social Democrats, at 23.4%.

In the 2014 general election, the Sweden Democrats became the third biggest party, receiving 12.9% of the vote. Despite the fact that party leader Jimmie Åkesson took a six-month leave of abscence afterwards, the nationalist party’s popularity has grown steadily.

“A lot of people are unhappy with the government and its policies when it comes to immigration and integration, as well as the increasing number of beggars. Many people don’t view the Moderates or other rigth-wing parties as an alternative. So they turn to us,” Richard Jomshof, a spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats, told news agency TT.

For many years, Sweden has had a liberal approach to immigration, accepting the most refugees per capita of any EU member state.

Anti-begging campaign

In early August, the party put up a banner in the busy Östermalmstorg subway station in Stockholm in English, appologising to tourists for the proliferation of beggars.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_pM11Jz0hII

The banner read: “Sorry about the mess here in Sweden. We have a serious problem with forced begging! International gangs profit from people’s desperation. Our government won’t do what’s needed. But we will! And we’re growing at records speed. We are the Sweden Democrats! Welcome back in Sweden in 2018!”

Jomshof said the campaign has made a difference for his party.

“I’m convinced that the campaign against begging in the Swedish subways played a role because it got remarkable attention,” he stated.

Political scientist Sören Holmberg also told Metro that he was not suprised by the poll, as immigration has become a much bigger political topic for voters.

“It’s clear that crime is an important factor that motivates people to vote for the Sweden Democrats,” Holmberg said.

However, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter pointed to the fact that the Sweden Democrats always do well in Yougov’s polls, possibly due to a different way of measuring support. Combining the five biggest polls in Sweden, gave in June the Sweden Democrats on average 16.4% of the vote.

Background

Sweden's centre-left parties won the general elections on 14 September 2014. However, despite winning 30% of the vote, Social Democrats leader Stefan Löfven will form a minority government in a hung parliament, after the far-right Sweden Democrats became the country's third-biggest party. The Sweden Democrats have until now now been kept out of influence and neither centre-left or centre-right parties in the Swedish parliament want to collaborate with the party.

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Why is it the responsibility of any European country to give these “refugees”(most are economic refugees) something they can’t do or build on their own? The third worlders looks at our civilizations like a child looks at an amusement park, something fantastic and much better than what they have, all they have to do is stake a claim to it.

Has there been any European country that benefited by opening it’s borders to non-Europeans? Name one. Do they make Europe a safer place to live? Have they made Europe great? Are they good for tourism? Do they bring anything positive to Europe? Do they respect the citizens of Europe and the customs? Do they support themselves without burdening the tax payers? Do they burden the judicial system due to high crime rates? Do they love Europe or what they can get from her?

Do they victimize the European people in large proportions to their small numbers? Wouldn’t crimes against the European people foreshadow their true intentions? Do they trash up the areas they inhabit in Europe? If they victimize the host country’s people and trash up their land after they have been given a new start at life, wouldn’t that be like a direct “screw you”? Do they demand you to change your ways and customs so they can tolerate you? Do they respect the peoples government? Your family? Your people? Your culture?

If they are guilty of three of these questions then It would be safe to say they should not be in Europe. There is more harm than good for Europe and her people.

If a European country don’t let the hoards flood their land they are called “racist” and “Nazis” if they let them in, their country, their lives, their descendants lives will be torn apart. Which one is easier to live with? Which one does the most damage? Which choice is beneficial to the European country and it’s people? Wake up before it’s too late.